Has anyone ever been accused of being agoriphobic?

Agoraphobia is a panic disorder. It isn't about not wanting to go out or fearing crowds. It is about being unreasonably afraid of going out to the point of staying in when going out is warranted. I, too, can be very happy staying at home for days on end now that we have a home I really love. But I'm not afraid to go out. I might just not feel like going out for days on end. Maybe your friends just want a pal to go out with them and rather than thinking it is possible that you can get along without them, they need to pin a label on you to explain to themselves why solitude is preferable to their scintillating company. It is like with people who ask me, "Why don't you answer your phone?" It is pretty simple! Because I don't wish to talk to anyone!

Okay, so I'm thinking then that agoriphobic is not being able to get out of the house much??? I've been told the same as you. Don't know why really, just because I don't like crowds, I can stay at home for days and days. Let me see, I have a hard time shopping by myself, driving by myself, walking outside by myself, I hate picking up the phone . . . hehehehe. Mmmmm, maybe they're onto something. I just think I'm a country girl. We're fine. Hopefully.

No you don't sound agoriphobic to me. I, too, am a very quiet person and tend to hermatize myself a bit. Still, I get out and do what needs to be done and I get out and do quiet things. If you are happy with your life, then don't worry about what others think.

i don't see you being agoriphobic at all.i mean some of us just like to stay at home more because why bother go to all those crazy place where we can't have any fun because they all take money.so if we don't have it we can stay at home for free and have much fun there.and yes we are safer at home too.pattie

I think your not agoriphobic. You just want to go to places and stay at home whenever it pleases you. People just think negatively of a person who prefer to stay home. We ought not to be bother by them. As long as we enjoy staying at home or going out, we shouldn't be bother by their criticism.

I've always admired people like you that could stay in the house for a few days and get things done. I am the complete opposite and am always on the run or having to go somewhere that it could literally be days before I come home again, that may also be in part that I don't have kids so there's no real responsibility for me. But If I stay in the house for a few hours at a time I start to feel suffocated like I need to at least go out for a drive. Today for example it is 2:30 and I have to go to work at 5, and actually look forward to leaving the house because I am starting to go nuts and feel unproductive.

A lot of people don't like crowds but that doesn't make them agoraphobic. Usually people with that phobia don't even want to leave the house! Doesn't sound to me like you have any real problem leaving your home to do things you enjoy! I am a homebody, too. Nothing wrong with that.